17 countries in Africa have better overall governance than Zambia, the 2018 Mo Ibrahim Index of African governance shows.
The latest 2018 Mo Ibrahim Index of African governance shows that Zambia ranks 18 out of 54 countries on the continent when it comes to governance over the past 10 years.
According to the index, which measured human development, national security, business environment, rule of law, among other qualities of governance, saw Zambia gather 56.2 out of 100 points available.
At 79.5 point, Mauritius leads governance on the continent, while Somalia, with 13.6 points is the worst-governed state in Africa.
Seychelles, Namibia, Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Tunisia, Botswana, Carpe Verde, all made it into the top ten best-governed countries in Africa.
Mo Ibrahim, Sudanese-British billionaire, who unveiled the report said the continent, with an average age of 19 is experiencing some demographic shift, which should be an advantage, but may be squandered by African leaders.
He added that despite growth in the continent’s gross domestic product (GDP), there has been corresponding sustainable economic opportunity for the teeming youth on the continent.
“Our continent is faced with unprecedented demographic growth. Key governance areas are not progressing fast enough to keep up with rising demands, and more specifically to answer the growing expectations of Africa’s youth, who are now forming the majority of our continent, and still expected to rise by almost 20% in the next decade,” Ibrahim said.
“Education scores have fallen in half of the 54 African countries over the last five years. Progress in Participation & Human Rights is undermined by a closing of the civil and political space. While Africa’s combined GDP has increased by almost 40% over the last decade, average progress.”
Rwanda overtook Mauritius to become the most business-friendly country on the continent, while Nigeria lagged behind at the 27th position.
“Fifteen countries out of the 34 who register progress in Overall Governance over the last decade even manage to accelerate their pace of improvement in the last five years.
Among those, Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco, and Kenya display the most impressive progression, stepping up from 41st, 25th and 19th to 22nd, 15th and 11th ranks over the past decade.
There are also recent and welcome improvements in Rule of Law and Transparency & Accountability, even if scores in the latter are still low,” Ibrahim said.
What is that? Did you measure peace? Zambia is first on that score as we are constantly reminded at independence celebrations. And among the top ten in terms of absence of crime, according to our self measurement score, you dispute?? Go to south Africa today and send me a whatsapp if you survive for a day. Xenophobia? Again Zambia is tops. Trib.alism? I have no measure for that, please refer to upnd, Gary Nkombo sorry Jack Mwiimbu might be able to give you a measurement standard.
GOOD GOVERNANCE = NO THEFT OF TAX PAYERS MONEY, NO THEFT OF DONATED MONEY………………..ZAMBIA DOES NOT QUALIFY ! NO TENDER THEFT, WELL RUN MUNICIPALITIES,
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON
we will come up with our own standard of measurement not the colonial driven standard.
We were 30 th last time this shows the Governance league Zambia should be first by 2020 in Africa and top 10 in the world.
The key here is to vote president Lungu in 2021.
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What do you know. This is too much for your infant brain to comprehend and so….. sit down.
No third terms for presidential candidates.
Give others a chance to correct this mess our economy is in.
We would like candidates that are not corrupt, and do not build mansions in foreign lands, or buy expensive jets for VVVVIPs, or giving away our land and assets to the Chinese.
Not true. They been paying attention to a TRIBAL Mapatizya Formula lately but they DO NOT KNOW that it is UNELECTABLE. Zambia is higher in Africa than one person can say here. If you go to Congo DR, Congo Brazzaville, Nigeria, etc then you will know the Zambia is the best! Let’s develop this thing guys! It is UNELECTABLE.
Six political parties in Zambia have better governance than UPND.
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Mapatizya Formula has reached Sudan? Please tell the Sudanese that Zambia is fine except the TRIBALISM QUEEN and leader of INCOMPOS.
…Most useless, most directionless, most trib.alistic opposition since 2006 maybe since independence? Again Zambia tops the list throught upnd. So what are you talking about Mo Ibrahim, silly colonialist stooge!!!
Fact!! These studies should factor in the quality of leaders not just ruling but those in opposition as well.
Look at these two dumba$$ goats even a simple word as “Governance” they fail to understand this is simple Primary School Social Studies… He has given you what criterion was used but you want to include irrelevant factors. I have told you two dull donkeys to use the internet to learn but instead you choose to post rubbish on LT and waste your talktime bundles.
A leader of a TRIBALISM H-ORGANISATION will NEVER be a PRESIDENT in ZAMBIA.
So unfortunate that Zambia has stagnated economically and governance-wise with Lungu and PF over this last 8yrs. Congrats to you Rwanda ,Kenya and Namibia you shine.
Even MMD is better governed than the tribal UPND.
Only if Zambian government swiftly and seriously fight corruption, embrace democracy, human rights, political tolerance and level the playing field for all political parties then Zambia would be ranked better. The rule of law is very important and nobody should be above the law.
To fight corruption the government must try to bring people to book who take money to tax havens.
HH must go! He has overstayed and making people not to think. THey don’t even know how to count. It must be made to retire in 2021.
Ba GBM said its better Zambia gets colonized again. Thats what main opposition can offer to Zambian people
And ba hh went for a blessing yesterday at kk s house. But look. Lungu was blessed by kk. Has he made a good leader. Mwanawasa was never blessed by kk.
In short Africa has people like lungu, ck, gbm and hh who look at life from a personal perspective.
Upto this day hh has not given us a clear road map for economic recovery other than preaching PF failures
South Africa, Rwanda and Tunisia, my foot..!
Yes RSA the country that kicked out the corrupt Zuma…clearly you are another one using half a brain…simply look at who conducted this survey? They have nothing to gain from you
Sosoliso, even I have to agree with Jayjay here. South Africa kicked out Zuma and his ignorant thieving indian bums the Guptas.
Corrupt HH with Zambian money in PANAMA tax haven country will NEVER be a president in Zambia. He should bring our money back and explain to Zambians why he took it there and hid it.
#5 Its political, “Up to this day hh has not given us a clear road map for economic recovery other than preaching PF failures”.
Not only that, he has not even apologised for being elected on a trib.al basis in 2006 nor for not practising democracy within his own “party” upnd by shunning a convention since 2006.
And what is the calibre and credentials of the panel for Mo Ibrahim? Former Nigerian dictator Obasanjo? Is it based on social media and statements by trib.al Hacks? I am thinking of the respected Nobel Peace Prize. But then maybe I am being unfair, but actually not, if Mo Ibrahim wants to be on the international stage then he should judged on international best practice.
I am no fan of PF but the alternative is too ghastly to contemplate, of course I mean trib.alism…
This debate is too expansive for your small pea sized brain that only wants to talk about tribalism and your fooolish HH…You can not even critically think just typing gibberish no cohesion or basic research not knowing when keep away.You are simply showing people what a Jacka$$ you are
Lazy bum illiterate tribal Mapatizya Formula online chair of INCOMPOS tribal H-organisation son of a tribal polygamous father who never taught him toilet training pooping in public HAGAIN needing a DIAPER from NEDCOZ Inferiority Complex. It is UNELECTABLE and UNLIKABLE and will NEVER be a president in Zambia! The most thing it can be is a PARAMOUNT CHIEF in NAMWALA.
You can condemn all you want, this what the international community is seeing and by the way his not a colonialist stuge, his a self made billionaire and knows what he is talking about. Busy fyoto fyoto what, you don’t even have a single billionaire in the whole country, wake up
Self-made billionaire like HH?
At times it is better to listen to criticism……….In life never have greater passion for human praise. human beings are fallible….. Today they can praise you tomorrow they wil curse you…… My advice to everyone is that We must only praise GOD and GOD alone we must adore…………….
Today , Kambwili is Lungu ‘s worse critic than HH….yet LUNGU hates HH to the core…….He cant meet HH eye to eye……. Let me advise our leaders and their followers that GOD know no tribe and GOd is bigger than our thoughts……
To fear GOD and do right must be our main duty as human beings whether you are PF , UPND,NAREP,ZADECO,UNIP,MMD,RAINBOW etc…..in Life never demonise others. One day you will need their help……… One youth in Bauleni campaigned for Margaret Mwanakatwe but…
He campaigned for her, she won, he should have asked her for business ventures and ideas. A lot of people campaigned for her.
today he is abandoned……….. I told him that he must never trust a human being but GOD….. he is now a humble man forgotten by the people whom he vehemently supported……..
Was CHILDISH born after 2000 like most of INCOMPOS? CHILDISH.
This is great…so Zambia is better than 36 countries so so great..
The opposition makes it sound as if Zambia is on fire when we are far better than about 75% other countries in Africa.
Rwanda? My God this Mwenye should have included Congo DR as well. Rwanda is made progress in development but it’s has a lot of governance issues. ..opponents are thrown in jail without justification, churches which are critical to government are closed. Maybe the Indian has got investment in Rwanda.
His Ethiopian and not indian
Whatever but he’s a liar
You r just dull iwe cadre
@Johnny and what are you for supporting HH? Are you his PA or something above cadre?
Demet!!!!!!!!!!!! ulichipubafyee. awe nikamu indian ako imwe. Zambia ranks the list, that is his thoughts.
Zambia tops the list
The man is Sudanese.
Of what relevance is that? You dont even know his history …he spent most of his life in the UK grew up in Egypt and educated there last to the UK, people like Mo are some of the pioneers of mobile phones in Africa, if it was not for these people you wouldn’t be holding a mobile phone as Western Investors saw Africans as being too poor to afford one.
Even Rwanda is better than Zambia? Awe bufi tata ba Ibraham nendalama sheni kuti shabafye
Upnd will agree as long as it embarrasses Zambia. In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s discovered that some it’s propaganda staff are involved.
And Zambia is 4th most peaceful country in Africa. Peace which Hakainde wants to disrupt.
It will be sent into retirement soon.
The PF, MMD, UPND and FDD are to blame for this nonsense. Always politicking. They need to start charting Zambia’s path to brilliance, not throwing insults as the always do.
Just look at how the public order act is misused. That alone is a 50% downgrade.
Ati zambia a peaceful country, come to Namibia and experience peace and democracy and unity. No tribalism like in Zambia. You will never here read derogatory remarks about other tribes Opponents are not arrested or killed. Opposition and their supporters can campaign without restrictions or without fear of being arrested let alone killed. Rwanda is better governed than Zambia that is why their economy, is among the tops in Africa. Kigali the cleanest city in Africa, unlike filthy Lusaka infested with cholera. Poor Zambians how shall you improve if you so embrace your low standard, refusing to be enlightened. only when you reject poor standards, and hold your elected officials accountable, that you will see change. You have democracy as a tool for the betterment of you country, not turn…
Mr Squatter please don’t include me in your nonsense. To you democracy is only when HH forms government. If Zambia was a dictatorship you wouldn’t have all these television channels like Prime TV etc which freely peddle lies about government. That thing cannot happen in Rwanda. You’re enjoying what you call freedom in Namibia without finding out why and how it came about. In Namibia you don’t find eediots like HH whose preoccupation is to frustrate government efforts by planting stooges in strategic positions. Namibians love their country. Namibians move and work like ants where each ant is looking out for the other ant. But you. ..only a…must rule philosophy has blinded you so much you can’t even sieve sense from nonsense. Ati Namibia is it your country?
HATRIBES. Zambia was fine until it came.
… You have democracy as a tool for the betterment of you country, not to turn political parties as churches to worship. Like @Sharon, Mr kudos, ndanji khakis have a mistaken concept of democracy, where they have turned their party politics like islam religion to the extent they can even kill their opponents. That is primitive type of politics.
Well this is good news for us to look forward and see where we can improve. There is totally nothing with this research and it should be taken as reflection tool for misgivings. I’m sure the negative image affects the entire country regardless of political affiliation. It is also good to see and compare our outlook with other countries so we can see where we are lacking and aim to improve. We should be happy that some people are dedicated to collect such information on a large scale and provide for free for us to reflect. This is basically not an insult to the PF led govt. They can simply learn a few things and take notes where they can improve to better the image of the country since they are in charge of the country affairs.
ifyabupuba, in south africa good governance when foreigners are killed everyday